By Tim Stickings For Mailonline
Published: 23:57 BST, 26 May 2019 | Updated: 23:59 BST, 26 May 2019
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Nigel Farage's Brexit Party stormed to victory in Wales, knocking Labour into an embarrassing third.
Mr Farage's movement claimed 33 per cent of the vote in the country, more than 10 points ahead of their nearest rivals.
The result marks an improvement for the Eurosceptic leader over his performance in 2014, when he came second to Labour as leader of UKIP.
Nationalist party Plaid Cymru were second in Wales last night, winning 20 per cent, comfortably ahead of Labour on 15 per cent.
Ballot papers are counted at the Pembrokeshire Archives building in Prendergast, Wales. The Brexit Party won the European election in Wales with Labour third
The results mean the Brexit Party wins two out of four Welsh seats, Plaid one and Labour one.
Labour's third-place finish is a humiliation for a party which usually dominates Welsh politics.
It has come first in every Welsh Assembly election since the body was founded and holds the most Welsh seats at Westminster.
In 2017 it won almost half of Wales's votes at the general election, winning half a million more votes than the nationalists
